Tommy Memorabilia & Collectibles

Tommy is a musical film and the inspiration was from the “The Who” opera album that was released in the year 1969. The movie was made in the year 1975, directed by Ken Russell and cast includes many Hollywood stars along with the original band members. Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of the band, played the lead role. Ann Margret was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and her performance claimed the Golden Globe Award. The Oscar nominated music was scored by Pete Townshend. In 1975, the movie was shown in Cannes Film Festival and did not participate in the competition.

 

 

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Tommy is a musical film and the inspiration was from the “The Who” opera album that was released in the year 1969. The movie was made in the year 1975, directed by Ken Russell and cast includes many Hollywood stars along with the original band members. Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of the band, played the lead role. Ann Margret was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and her performance claimed the Golden Globe Award. The Oscar nominated music was scored by Pete Townshend. In 1975, the movie was shown in Cannes Film Festival and did not participate in the competition.

 

 

Tommy (Roger Daltrey) is all about a young boy who witnesses his father Walker’s murder by his mother Nora’s (Ann Margret) love interest Hobbs (Oliver Reed). After this incident he goes dumbstruck leading people to think him as dumb and deaf. He develops into a young man with the same behavior and his mother and stepfather tries many ways to cure him. They even take him to a religious cult. Tommy somehow develops the skill in pinball and defeats the local champion played by Elton John and gains fame. Nora and Hobbs take him to a doctor played by Jack Nicholson and the doctor declares him as a psychosomatic. Tommy’s mother gets angry at his behavior and shatters the mirror, which he would stare at every day. This act makes him normal and he gets the enlightenment. He starts canvassing people and develops into a religious speaker.

 

 

According to reviews Tommy differs from the original album in many ways. The movie starts with the period after the World War II where else the original album was released soon after the World War I.